Down The DNA Rabbit Hole!

A couple of days ago I received an email that said my DNA testing was in progress and that the NEXT email I received from them would be my results.

I thought it would be another week or so.

I awoke to the results email this morning - and I've wanted to do nothing else but explore what information was right there in my inbox!

This is me!  And there are things I didn't know - or remember ever knowing.

How is it that I am 26% Swedish and Danish?  LOL!

I guess as I go further back and try to build my family tree I will find some answers.

In talking to my dad - he knew about is Swedish great grandparents, but I had never met them and really didn't know anything about them.

My Grannie whose maiden name was Malcolmson always talked about her Scottish ancestry - so I assumed that was a big part of my make up, too.  And it is. 21%,  But it falls behind the Swedish/Danish and the other England/Northwestern Europe.

Ireland comes in at a sad 11%,  3% Russian? My mom had ancestors from Czechoslovakia and Germany, so that's in the ballpark.

That's like the 4% Chow from Mabel's DNA that gave the curl to her tail.  

This is SO super interesting!

And Lola says - stop digging. Get to work.  This can wait for later!

Over the past several days I've been working on my Diamond Tiles top.  I had decided that it didn't need to be bed sized.  It could be smaller.  I only needed to cut out 3 more block kits to set it 7 X7.

I shared that video On This Post.

And then I got to webbing.  Click to Play:

From there it was deciding what to do with the completer border for the nine-patches at the edge of the quilt center. Click to Play:

I got busy sewing those completer borders on:

This quilt is making its own decisions as I go along -

What's next?

Joining border strips end-to-end on the diagon with my Sew Q Laser.

This is where I left things - it needs a floater border so that those squares at the outer edge of the completed nine-patches do not connect to something dark and disappear.

And THEN I can add perhaps a narrow pop of color before adding the wider green with pink dots as outer border.

As I said - the quilt is making its own decisions and telling me what it needs.

Borders will continue today.

The TaDa quilters are arriving this afternoon -

Our Summit St. Box drawing happens TOMORROW!

Head over to THAT POST and get your entry in!

I'll be drawing for 2 winners to each receive a Road Trip box from Jordan at Summit St Shop.

Summit St Shop is in Webberville, Michigan!  Are you within driving distance?

They spent a year and a half renovating a historic church building into a storefront open to the public.. 

Summit St Shop carries quilting fabric, of course - but also decor, gifts and more!

And yes, you can order online. Summit St Boxes are currently on sale as well, and there is free shipping on orders over $75.00 within the USA.

I just know you are going to want to collect ALL of the boxes - especially the quilty ones!

And really - all I want to do right now is click back over to that Ancestry tab and start digging a bit deeper into those DNA results.

But work awaits.  There will be more time for that.

But DANG - this is so much fun!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

No one ever told me that aging would be like this!

And check out those Baptist fans and how they march right over the Dresden plates anchoring everything in place. Love it!

Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!